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NepalOther Modes of Transportation
Local public transportation was not common except in
the
Kathmandu Valley. A trolley bus serviced the eastern part
of the
valley between Kathmandu and Bhadgaon (or Bhaktapur),
carrying
about 500,000 passengers annually during the late 1980s.
Sajha
(Cooperative Union) buses provided passenger service in
Kathmandu
and to other locations in the eastern and western parts of
the
country.
There was discussion in Kathmandu of developing a water
transportation system to utilize the rivers passing
through Nepal.
The combined length of rivers was about 3,500 kilometers
(see The River System
, ch. 2). The government pursued feasibility
studies
with the help of consultants, mostly foreign; however,
studies
conducted as of 1991 were not encouraging.
Data as of September 1991
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